Literal question
24. Possession
<br />In this dwelling:
<br />[Read the options and circle one code for each one]</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Does the owner live here?<br />[] 2 Do you pay rent? [skip to section II, list of people]<br />[] 3 Is it a family member's or do they let you use it? [skip to section II, list of people]<br />[] 4 They are living here by some other means? [skip to section II, list of people]</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">21. Dwelling tenancy</span>
<br />This question distinguishes whether the dwelling owner is living there, if the occupants rent, if the dwelling belongs to a relative, or if the dwelling is lent from somebody else. Read the question and each option until obtain an affirmative answer and circle the corresponding code.</p>
<p>[Figures are omitted]</p>
<p><span class="em">The owner lives here:</span> means that the dwelling owner is a regular resident of the dwelling, even when he/she does not have the documents that prove the ownership. It does not matter if the occupants have a debt or mortgage.</p>
<p><span class="em">Rent is paid:</span> this option applies when one of the occupants pays rent or lease to occupy the dwelling.</p>
<p><span class="em">The dwelling is owned by a relative or it is borrowed:</span> this option applies if the informant says that the dwelling belongs to his/hers husband, son, father, brother, other relative, or friend who lives in another house; this option includes dwellings received on loan by the company or institution where one of the occupants works one or when the owner asked them to look after the dwelling.</p>
<p><span class="em">They are occupying the dwelling in other circumstance:</span> this option covers cases of dwellings in litigation, intestate, and occupied with no permission of the owner and any other different situation.</p>
<p>If the occupants answer that the owner died, asks the informant to tell you if any of the regular occupants considered himself/herself as the owner or if they are in another situation, by reading the other options.</p>
<p>If the informant declares that the dwelling is owned by one of the occupants, but not the land, circle the first option "the owner lives here".</p>
<p>If the answer is that rent is paid, the dwelling is owned by a relative or it is borrowed, or they occupy the dwelling in other circumstance, pass to section II "List of people". Otherwise, continue with question 25 "Owner's name".
